History Main / SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset

* ''VideoGame/AQWorlds'': Vordred takes this trope UpToEleven. WordOfGod says that the artist asked the boss's opinion on the armor while drawing it. The reply was "Needs more skulls". And then this got repeated a few times as a joke, only the artist took it seriously. Justified and immediately parodied in the final battle against him; the skulls are apparently constantly generated by his actual body, and absorb energy from attacks to fuel this process. Vordred then goes OneWingedAngel and becomes even bigger, with ''every single part of him except his head covered with millions of skulls''.

** Nakarkos is a [[MultipleHeadCase two-headed]] {{Dracolich}}...[[spoiler: or so it seems. It's actually a [[TentacledTerror cuttlefish-like cephalopod]] that secretes a copious amount of sticky goo. It uses this goo to glue the bones it belches out from the various monsters it eats onto its forearms in such a way that when it sticks its head underwater, it resembles a two-headed sea dwelling bone dragon. It has enough bones in its lair to create its disguise and repair it infinitely just by dipping into the bones...this should tell you [[PersonOfMassDestruction several]] [[HungryMenace several things.]]]]

** There's also Skullomania's whole motif in the ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterEX EX]]'' subseries.

*** The Imperium prefers tastefully sculpted depictions of skulls. On ''everything''. But they use plenty of real skulls too. Playing up their medieval Christian inspiration, lots of Imperial Guard, Ecclesiarchy and Space Marine characters (and not a few Empire and Bretonnian characters from ''Warhammer'' either) wear holy relics prominently, many of which are the bones of saints and martyrs.

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* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' Shao Kahn wears a skull helmet.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' interprets it literally with the episode "Skeletons In The Closet." Whenever Beetlejuice tells a lie, a skeleton turns up in his closet. Pretty soon he's told so many they escape to tell everyone about the lies. Lydia has one as well, for lying to her parents about a baby skunk she had been harboring.

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' (as well as ''Skyrim'''s ''Dragonborn'' DLC), Bonemold and Chitin are each iconic armor types of the [[OurElvesAreBetter Dunmer (Dark Elves)]]. Exactly what type of bones Bonemold is molded from is never made clear. Additionally, Chitin is a type of light armor crafted from the shells of Morrowind's giant insects and favored by the [[NobleSavage Ashlanders]], though "civilized" Dunmer will use it as well. ''Morrowind'' also has Trollbone Armor, though it is a [[HornyVikings Nordic]] style armor. It is simply troll bones sewn over cloth under armor.

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* In Literature/TheLiesOfLockeLamora'', Capa Vencarlo Barsavi has a wardrobe that replaces buttons with human teeth.

* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'': In the original game, Kain can wear Bone Armor, which tricks less intelligent undead into thinking he's one of them, allowing him to pass by unnoticed.

* Protecting vital internal organs is one of the signature functions of a living body's skeletal system. The cranium in particular is form-fitted to house the brain and shield it from impacts.